a chinese philosopher confucius said if your plan is for one year plant RICE if your PLAN IS FOR TEN YEARS PLANT TREE IF YOUR PLAN ID FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS EDUCATE CHILDREN. Can u pls elaborte it with a example? I am not being able to explain in examples.
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The spirit of the quote is that it takes time to educate people and to turn them into productive members of our society. It is not a task like growing crops or trees, where you will see the benefits in one or ten years. But it is a worthwhile effort that our society should invest in.
the author from the book that I read. However, was not Confucius. Rather, it was Guan Zhong . Guan Zhong (720 – 645 BCE) actually pre-dated Confucius (551 – 479 BCE) although they both were politicians in the Spring Autumn era of China.
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